Real Estate
5 Of The Top Countries With An Established Expat Community
I'm most of the way through Alain De Botton's "The Consolations Of Philosophy." It's an entertaining collection of teachings from...
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Things To Consider When Buying Property With A Different Currency
My 10-year-old son is a massive soccer fan. He also lives by numbers. Every morning, I hand over my phone...
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Last Chance For Turn-Key Fruit-Farming Investment In Panama
Forget pumpkins. What you really need to care about this October are mangos. Or avocados. Or limes. And, if you're...
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10 Best Places To Buy Real Estate Overseas In 2019
We´ve done the hard job and pulled out the 10 best places to buy real estate overseas in 2019. The...
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8 Things To Look For When Choosing A Property Manager
"How are your tenants?" I asked my uncle, Jerry, over Sunday dinner. "Great," he replied. "They'll be leaving soon, and...
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Expat Mountain Towns In Panama: Your 5 Best Options
Expat mountain towns in Panama are not the first thing people associate with life in the tropics. For many people...
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Buying Real Estate In Belize: What You Need To Know
About 30 years ago, I was sitting at a palapa bar in Playa del Carmen waiting for the ferry to Cozumel and...
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Best Places To Buy Real Estate in France
France is one of the best places to live or retire in Europe. In this article, we take a look...
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Best Places To Buy Real Estate In Thailand: 4 You Should Know
There is a growing number of expats looking to discover the best places buy real estate in Thailand. It's hardly...
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The Best Places To Buy Real Estate In Mexico
In this article, we take a look at some of the best places to buy real estate in Mexico. Some...
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Top 6 Eco-Friendly Properties For Green Living Overseas
There was a time when a property described as "sustainable" or "eco-friendly" conjured up images of a basic hut in...
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How To Buy Real Estate In Vietnam – What You Need To Know
Since 2015 foreigners have been allowed to buy real estate in Vietnam. This sparked something of a stampede with investors...
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Buying Property In Mexico: A Step-By-Step Guide For Expats
Important Points To Consider It is simple and straightforward to buy property in Mexico for foreigners. However, you need to...
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Amazing Real Estate Offer In Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic
What’s standing between you and your second home, retirement home, or investment property overseas? Is it time? If you’re still...
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Navigating Your Legacy Planning, Probate, Taxes, and Asset Protection Objectives
When I bought an apartment in Portugal three years ago, my standard offshore holding structure ran into a snag. Portugal...
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A Guide To Property In The Seaside Town Of Tramore, Ireland
For decades, Tramore has been popular with local tourists (especially from Dublin) who flock here for the miles of golden...
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You Must Read This Before You Sell Your Rental Property
A popular topic at this year's Global Property Summit in June was "When should I sell a rental property?" For most people,...
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Renting An Apartment Overseas
The most important thing to understand about finding rental accommodation (short- or long-term) in a foreign country is that you...
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Why Ambergris Caye, Belize Is A Real Life Margaritaville
I'm a die-hard Jimmy Buffett fan. I've seen him in concert a dozen times... know the lyrics to most all...
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Earn Up To 45% Returns With Mango Investment In Panama
Agatha Christie was a forward-thinker. Not just in her masterful plotting of murder plots, but financially, too. As her commercial...
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Real Estate In Bogotá Is A Bargain: But For How Much Longer?
One of the best indicators of a healthy economy is the rate of growth of its middle class. Over the...
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Costa Dorada, Catalonia: Affordable Old World Living In Spain
A day-trip to Barcelona or Cambrils? The biggest decision my family had to make over our two weeks spent on...
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The Best Neighborhoods For Expats To Buy In Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world. Although most surnames are Spanish or Italian, the...
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It’s Never Been Easier To Buy Beach Lots In Fortaleza, Brazil
However you feel about sand between your toes, as an investor, the beach is your ally. Especially when that beach...
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Four Factors Key To A Successful Rental Property Overseas
There's no single secret to making money from a rental property overseas. Instead, four factors need to come together to...
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Everything You Need To Find Your Dream Home Overseas
Of all the investment options out there, why put your money into real estate? For international real estate guru Lief...
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9 Reasons Why Buying Real Estate Overseas Makes Sense
Why might it make sense for you to buy a piece of property overseas? The answers to that question are...
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How I Funded My Early Retirement With Overseas Real Estate
I bought a beachfront home, directly on the sand, for less than US$62,000. After furnishing the solid, 2,000-square-foot house, I...
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Overseas Property Adventures From Ireland To Paris
"I've told the buyer from Dublin that the other buyer, the gentleman from Cork, is considering by how much he'd...
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How To Rent Or Buy Real Estate In Unregulated Markets Overseas
Rum and real estate don't mix. You want to be sober when considering property purchase options in a foreign land....
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Global Property Investing Made Easy—Here’s How
On stage yesterday for the opening morning of this week’s Global Property Summit taking place in Panama City, with the...
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Your Ticket To Passive Income: Global Property Investing
This morning, Lief and I took to the stage in the meeting rooms of the Playa Bonita Beach Resort just...
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The Best Places To Buy A Small Property Overseas
I'm watching the latest season of "Tiny House Nation" on Netflix. If you've never seen the show, each episode follows...
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Protect Your Money From The IRS With Overseas Real Estate
8938. That is the number of the IRS form you have to fill out to report foreign financial assets. If...
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Regain Your Privacy: Top 5 Countries For Off-The-Grid Living
Twelve years ago, when my husband and I bought our home in Waterford, Ireland, we never gave much thought to...
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Be Aware Of These Risks Before Buying Overseas Real Estate
How do I assess the potential risks of a real estate investment opportunity I'm considering making in another country? That...
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Restoring A Georgian House In Waterford, Ireland
While I waited, I wandered from room to room. It was the house I'd had in mind since the day...
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How I Learned The Value Of Truffles And Why I’m Investing
One sunny summer afternoon in 2012 I had the most expensive lunch of my life. Kathleen, the kids, and I...
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Tropical Avocado Investment In Panama Promising Big Returns
In 2014, we reported for the first time on a group in Panama developing an organic fruit tree plantation and...
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100% Mortgages, Warning Signs And The Irish Property Market
In the summer of 2005, I took a day trip with friends and work colleagues to Isla Contadora—one of the...
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Achieve Your Real Estate Goals At Our Global Property Summit
Properties shape us more than we know. Settling into my new apartment here in Paris stirred up memories of all...
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5 Countries Where Real Estate Is Still Incredibly Cheap
Getting onto the property ladder has always been one of the safest and best ways of securing long-term wealth. Buying...
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Should You Invest In Panama’s Middle-Class Housing Market?
This month’s issue of my Global Property Advisor has a theme: It reveals a series of opportunities that share a common target...
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Black Truffle Investment: Earn Up To 19% Yearly For 30 Years
My latest agriculture discovery is in Europe... But it's not a vineyard. It's a truffle plantation. What's a truffle? Well,...
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Why I’m Freeing Up Funds To Buy Beachfront Lots In Brazil
For the past few years, I've been working systematically to consolidate my existing real estate holdings... while, at the same...
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Why Planning Is Vital For Long-Term Property Investments
In preparation for our recent move to Paris, my husband Harry and I had a plan. Because we were visiting...
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We’ve Entered The Golden Age For Global Property Investing
We've been beating this drum lately, but I'll make the point here again, one more time, for the record: We...
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What To Look For In A Rental Management Agency Overseas
Any global real estate investment portfolio should include at least one rental property. A rental investment won't make you rich,...
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6 Steps To A Successful Overseas Property Investment
The advantages and rewards of buying and owning property overseas are greater right now than ever before in our lifetime....
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Top Countries Where U.S. Dollars Get You A Big Discount
If you're holding U.S. dollars, 2019 is the best year in a long time for harnessing your buying power abroad....
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